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A clearly hurting Rafael Nadal lost his second-round match at the Australian Open to Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday, abruptly ending his title defense and bid for a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam trophy. It was not immediately clear what was bothering the 35-year-old Spaniard, but he pulled up…

The Australian Open’s loss of Nick Kyrgios and Ash Barty has not stopped crowds coming through the gates, but fewer are tuning in from home

Kimberly Birrell wins her first-round match against 31st seed Kaia Kanepi, who reached the last eight of last year's Australian Open and is ranked 138 spots higher than Birrell.

Kimberly Birrell has become just the second Australian woman to advance to round two at Melbourne Park.

While the two teenagers share that they both exploded onto centre stage, Raducanu and Gauff have taken contrasting paths to a first grand slam meeting at the Australian Open

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A "devastated" Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the Australian Open on Monday — the day before he was scheduled to play his first-round singles match — because of an injured left knee that needs arthroscopic surgery. Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia, was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last…

American Coco Gauff, 18, hits the ground running with a comfortable win at Melbourne Park, setting up an enticing second-round encounter with former US Open winner Emma Raducanu from Britain.

Eleventh seed Paula Badosa has joined Australia's top hope Ajla Tomljanovic in withdrawing from the Australian Open due to injury.